23 h. ago Desperate passengers trapped on Thameslink trains amid 34C highs evacuated on tracks

Over 1,800 passengers were evacuated after being stuck on sweltering trains with no air conditioning when a fault brought an entire rail line to a halt in 34C heat

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23 h. ago Inside the hell trains: People were starting to pass out and some were taking their clothes off, say passengers stuck in crammed carriages for hours on hottest day of the year

Kam Zaki, 47, was one of the 1,800 commuters who were stranded on the Thameslink services which had passengers feeling like they were being 'slow cooked' in 'an oven'.

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24 h. ago Thameslink passengers evacuated after being 'trapped on train with no air con' in scorching heat

Nearly 1,800 passengers had to be freed after a train became stuck at Loughborough Junction

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26 h. ago 1,800 passengers evacuated after being stuck on sweltering Thameslink trains

1,800 passengers evacuated after being stuck on sweltering Thameslink trains  News Shopper

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4 d. ago Chicago hospital evacuated over ‘catastrophic’ loss of air conditioning causing ‘oven

Weiss Memorial Hospital said its aging air conditioning system caused a “catastrophic” loss that left patients stuck in warm rooms before they evacuated.

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9 d. ago Heathrow Airport staff to go on strike next week as holidaymakers issued warning

Unite said around 800 of its members who assist passengers with restricted mobility will step up industrial action next week

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1 week ago ‘Absolutely shocking’: Netflix documentary examines how the Titan sub disaster happened

New film Titan: The OceanGate Disaster looks back at the many bad decisions that led to the devastating 2023 tragedyIf you were sentient in the summer of 2023, you probably remember the feverish speculation, vicarious horror, snap consternation and armchair sleuthing after the disappearance of the submersible called Titan during a commercial voyage to the wreck of the Titanic. The Titan sub disaster was inescapable for weeks as the story evolved from critical rescue mission – the best-case scenario being a mechanical failure deep in the North Atlantic with 96 hours of oxygen for the five passengers, which you better believe became a countdown clock on cable news – to tragic recovery operation.The sub, it turned out, had imploded at 3,300 meters beneath the surface, 90 minutes into a dive that was supposed to reach 3,800 meters deep. All five passengers – British explorer Hamish Harding, British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, French diver Paul-...

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